Bob Farina's Published Work
A NYC Italian-American Story
New York City in the 1950s – I was a product of America’s economic and societal transformations. My grandparents were Italian immigrants. I proudly anticipated being the first in line to attend college. My family created a pedestal of achievement for me – but after 18 years of being perched atop this pinnacle as the “favored son,” I was no longer supported by them. Relationships were severed and seemingly unbreakable ties now delineated my past life from the one I was about to create.
This is the account of my personal journey to survive and to thrive without my relatives. I discovered that as long as I was in a position to “Make just one someone happy…,” then indeed, I could be happy, too.
And I was.
And I am.
Some Can Change Us Forever
Fateful Outcomes is a character study of two brothers and a sister, who were raised in the same family yet so different. Clare, enamored with Leonardo di Vinci, obtains a license to fly a small single-engine plane. She was a Wharton School of Business graduate who was the smartest and brightest in the family and was destined to take over her father’s successful financial services firm. Peter, an Eagle Scout in his youth, a Teddy Roosevelt enthusiast and lover of the outdoors, was gifted in so many ways, as he rose in the ranks of the New York City Department of Parks. He had a natural ability to succeed at everything he pursued. Everyone wanted to be his friend. Ted, an abuser, and a narcissist was the oldest but struggled to measure up to his younger brother and sister, and ultimately committed the unthinkable!
Fateful Outcomes is a story about the three Collins siblings, the choices they faced, and the decisions they made that changed their lives forever.
Softcover Book
A NYC Italian-American Story
New York City in the 1950s – I was a product of America’s economic and societal transformations. My grandparents were Italian immigrants. I proudly anticipated being the first in line to attend college. My family created a pedestal of achievement for me – but after 18 years of being perched atop this pinnacle as the “favored son,” I was no longer supported by them. Relationships were severed and seemingly unbreakable ties now delineated my past life from the one I was about to create.
This is the account of my personal journey to survive and to thrive without my relatives. I discovered that as long as I was in a position to “Make just one someone happy…,” then indeed, I could be happy, too.
And I was.
And I am.
Softcover Book
Some Can Change Us Forever
Fateful Outcomes is a character study of two brothers and a sister, who were raised in the same family yet so different. Clare, enamored with Leonardo di Vinci, obtains a license to fly a small single-engine plane. She was a Wharton School of Business graduate who was the smartest and brightest in the family and was destined to take over her father’s successful financial services firm. Peter, an Eagle Scout in his youth, a Teddy Roosevelt enthusiast and lover of the outdoors, was gifted in so many ways, as he rose in the ranks of the New York City Department of Parks. He had a natural ability to succeed at everything he pursued. Everyone wanted to be his friend. Ted, an abuser, and a narcissist was the oldest but struggled to measure up to his younger brother and sister, and ultimately committed the unthinkable!
Fateful Outcomes is a story about the three Collins siblings, the choices they faced, and the decisions they made that changed their lives forever.